Ceiling - which material?

[mugatu]

Anyone know how the roof tiles are mounted? Glued?! In that case, very difficult to remove. And then it might also be the glue that's smelling...

In my case, they are nailed gypsum boards. Built in 72
Isn't there a place where you can see what the board consists of? Maybe at a pipe outlet or by a list you can see what kind of material it is. Otherwise, maybe try drilling in some suspicious spot or where there is already something mounted.

 

[peroande]

The panels are probably gypsum, treetex, or masonite, but it doesn't really matter what the material is. You want to replace them, so they're coming down. Most likely, they're nailed into furring strips or something similar. Hardly glued.

For a new ceiling, you can choose Huntonit or beveled gypsum ceiling panels, for example. Quite easy to install. Huntonit becomes a finished ceiling right away. Gypsum requires you to fill the screw holes and then paint the panels. You can also create an entirely smooth gypsum ceiling with "regular" gypsum boards, but that requires more spackling work.

You need to take down the current ceiling before you can determine if you need to reframe the ceiling before installing a new surface.

 

[sepani]

The panels are probably gypsum, treetex or masonite, but it doesn't really matter what the material is. You want to replace them, so they need to be removed. Most likely, they are nailed to a sparse panel or similar. Hardly glued.

For a new ceiling, you can choose, for example, Huntonit or beveled ceiling gypsum boards. Quite easy to install. Huntonit becomes an immediately finished ceiling. Gypsum requires you to fill in the screw holes and then paint the boards. You can also make a completely smooth gypsum ceiling with "regular" gypsum boards, but that requires more filling work.

You have to take down the current ceiling before you can determine if you need to reframe the ceiling before mounting the new surface.

Hopefully they are nailed, even if no nails are visible...but they are not nailed in a sparse panel but in the raw boards that I can see from above the loft. I guess I'll try to pry one loose to start with.